My dear sir, the exploding of the artificial bird-lime necessitates the pressing of a button.
8 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 4 Special, The Starlings classic radio program.
You can hear this line at 00:15:27 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- It looks like the real thing.
- Well, the head of the department tells me the mixture will take ten days to cool.
- All in all, about two weeks, I should say. By then the inaugurating ceremony will be ready.
- My dear sir, the exploding of the artificial bird-lime necessitates the pressing of a button.
- You can quote me as saying it, but no more.
- What will be the date of the ceremony? Err, three weeks from now. The BBC are covering the occasion.
- This is London. And now it's time for our special outside broadcast from Trafalgar Square.
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